Alina Selyukh
WBUR
Washington, DC, United States
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Past articles by Alina:
What tracking one Walmart store's prices for years taught us about the economy
Inside our shopping cart is a story of global trade, extreme weather, shrinking packages and rising prices. → Read More
How life got pricier (and, yes, cheaper!) this year — in 7 charts
Boy, have we talked a lot about inflation. It affected every part of our lives (and the economy) in 2022. Here are some of its highest highs and lowest lows. (It wasn't all bad news!) → Read More
Inflation won't win Thanksgiving: Here's NPR's plan to help you save on a meal
Turkey, stuffing, pie — it's all way more expensive this year. But you don't have to let inflation spoil your meal, if you're willing to get creative. → Read More
Folgers, a throwback coffee brand in a time of nitro lattes, wants to be cool
Folgers is the biggest seller of ground coffee in U.S. stores, but it has confronted a painful realization: its reputation is ... not strong. → Read More
Will Bed Bath & Beyond sink like Sears or rise like Best Buy?
The company has been on a rollercoaster of crises, including a meme-stock rise and crash. Its latest financial report comes Thursday. → Read More
California sues Amazon, alleging its policies cause higher prices everywhere
California's antitrust lawsuit alleges the company penalizes sellers and suppliers that offer cheaper prices at rival online stores. → Read More
The economics behind 'quiet quitting' — and what we should call it instead
Is "quiet quitting" about being lazy or setting healthy boundaries? Is it even real? We dig into the data and ask workers themselves about what it means to them. → Read More
The economics behind 'quiet quitting' — and what we should call it instead
Is "quiet quitting" about being lazy or setting healthy boundaries? Is it even real? We dig into the data and ask workers themselves about what it means to them. → Read More
Quiet quitting, real quitting, unionizing — what else are American workers up to?
How we work, when we work, how much we work – it's all shifting on a scale not seen in decades. → Read More
Amazon loses key step in its attempt to reverse its workers' historic union vote
A federal labor official is recommending a dismissal of Amazon's objections after a lengthy hearing on the company's appeal against the historic union win at a warehouse in New York's Staten Island. → Read More
What our shopping choices say about the U.S. economy
Here's what we learned from a hectic spate of financial report cards shared by top U.S. retailers. → Read More
What happens when people want all the air fryers and then, suddenly, they don't
Big box stores are working through an unexpected glut of inventory: TVs, kitchen appliances, hoodies and other hot pandemic items. Part of the problem is the bullwhip effect. → Read More
A new reality reverberates through Russia's music scene
Canceled concerts, lawsuits, existential turmoil. As Russia has cracked down on anti-war speech, the country's music scene reaches a particularly high pitch. → Read More
UNESCO declares borsch cooking an endangered Ukrainian heritage
Ukraine's culture minister declared victory in "the war for borsch" as Russia also claims the hearty beet soup. UNESCO says the invasion threatens Ukraine's borsch culture with "extreme urgency." → Read More
What's happening with Russia's 1st default on foreign debt in a century
The clock ran out on Russia's payments. But there's a twist: Russia does not consider itself in default because the country has the money, just its payments have been blocked by Western sanctions. → Read More
Ikea packs up Russian operations and plans sale of factories
The Swedish furniture giant previously shut Russian stores and now says it cannot see a way to resume operations "any time soon" as the war in Ukraine continues. → Read More
These Russian couples didn't plan to get married. The Ukraine war changed their minds
More couples — including those who stayed in Russia and those who fled — are urgently marrying, for reasons both practical and deeply emotional. → Read More
Ukraine agonizes over Russian culture and language in its social fabric
A third of Ukrainians have called Russian their mother tongue. Russian statues and cultural markers abound. Are these influences inherently toxic? The war is prompting emotional conversations. → Read More
Starbucks is exiting Russia, shutting 130 stores
The coffee chain joins McDonald's in taking its brand out of the country. Starbucks had temporarily paused operations in March. → Read More
Russia's war in Ukraine is threatening an outpost of cooperation in space
For decades, U.S. astronauts and Russian cosmonauts have lived side-by-side aboard the International Space Station. Now some are wondering whether that partnership can withstand the war in Ukraine. → Read More